Lightning Hits New Mexico School Football Practice, Six Hurt

WochitAug. 20, 2014. 11:35 AM EST

A school spokesman said on Wednesday that six people were injured, one critically, when a lightni...
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A school spokesman said on Wednesday that six people were injured, one critically, when a lightning bolt struck during a middle school football practice in southern New Mexico. The Picacho Middle School football team stopped training as the skies darkened and a light drizzle began to fall on Tuesday afternoon over the city of Las Cruces. Then the lightning hit a nearby tree, causing the victims to collapse. The Las Cruces Police Department said one student was taken to a burns unit at an El Paso, Texas, trauma center. Two other children, an assistant coach and a fifth injured person were also treated in the hospital.
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